To the extent that a payment under a divorce or separation instrument is fixed or treated as fixed as support for a child of the payor spouse, it will not be treated as alimony. Thus, such a payment ...

Alimony payments are legally mandated monetary transfers from one ex-spouse to another in order to provide financial support.

Even though child support and alimony payments are spelled out in explicit detail as part of divorce settlement agreements, most divorced women and children don’t receive the money they are owed. In ...

Getting divorced is stressful enough, and even more so when you consider the financial and tax implications that come with it. In terms of alimony, you might have questions about how to report alimony ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association for Single and Divorced Families (NASDF) is proud to announce the launch of Support Insured, the first insurance product of ...

If you have been furloughed, laid off, or otherwise had a change in income due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), it may affect your ability to meet your alimony and child support obligations ...

For restaurant owners, divorce brings a unique set of challenges—especially when it comes to financial obligations like alimony and child support. Unlike salaried employees with predictable income, ...

Q: You recently wrote that a man's court-ordered child-support and alimony payments to his ex-wife would be considered as "debt" when he files a mortgage application, which could then reduce the size ...

After 12 years of marriage, my husband and I separated. We get along well so we decided to represent ourselves. In August, he moved to Rhode Island to take his dream teaching job. Our daughters stayed ...